Realizing that the 2nd phrase just repeats the first with a slight difference in pitches at the end, with a little playing around we can locate these rhythmic values at specific pitches to notate the tune:

Ok. So the starting point for understanding periodic rhythmic notation is to “get with the beat.”

Once establishing what the beat is you probably already know there’s another important factor: the MEASURE.
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